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The First of September

Name: The First of September
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01765

Edwin Douglas, c. 1890

Best in ShowPA-01765Tear sheet

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 125 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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An English setter and a Gordon setter mark the opening day of partridge season, the calendar's most important date written in dog. Douglas, Landseer's Sussex successor, painted the sporting year's rituals with a countryman's exactness.

Maker: Edwin Douglas
Date: c. 1890
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Private collection
Credit: Private collection · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01765

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Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	125 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
14 x 11 in	90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	81 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
20 x 16 in	62 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
24 x 18 in	54 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
30 x 24 in	41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
40 x 30 in	32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop